Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance X

Posted by Hallee on May 20, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Fallacy of Division and Fallacy of Composition.

Tags: Argument from fallacy, Critical Thinking, Designer, Fallacy, Fallacy of Composition, Fallacy of distribution, Fallacy of Division, Information, interdependent and contingent systems, Logic, Logical fallacies, Philosophical logic, Prime Mover, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, Survival tool

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance XIII

Posted by Hallee on Apr 15, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss Argumentum ad Logicam, the Fallacist’s Fallacy.

Tags: Argument, Attacking Faulty Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Information, Logic, Philosophy, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, Survival tool, Thought

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance XII

Posted by Hallee on Apr 8, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Fallacy of the Argument from (Personal) Incredulity.

Tags: Argument, Argument from (Personal) Incredulity, Argument from ignorance, Argument from Incredulity, Attacking Faulty Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Information, Logic, Philosophy, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, Survival tool, Thought

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance XI

Posted by Hallee on Apr 1, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Fallacy of the Weak Analogy, sometimes called the Fallacy of the Questionable Analogy and sometimes mistakenly called a False Analogy.

Tags: Abstraction, Analogy, Analogy of Necessity, Apples and oranges, Critical Thinking, Designer, Epistemology, False analogy, intelligent agent, Intelligent design, Logic, Philosophy, Questionable Analogy, Religion/Belief, Science, Survival tool, Teleological argument, Watchmaker analogy, Weak Analogy, William Paley

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance IX

Posted by Hallee on Mar 9, 2010 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Genetic Fallacy and the Gambler’s Fallacy.

Tags: Ad hominem, Argument from authority, Argument from fallacy, Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Gambler's fallacy, Genetic fallacies, Logic, Logical fallacies, Philosophical logic, Survival tool

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance VII

Posted by Hallee on Feb 23, 2010 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Moralistic Fallacy.

Tags: Argument, Attacking Faulty Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Fallacy, Logic, Moralistic fallacy, Naturalistic fallacy, Philosophy, Survival tool

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance III

Posted by Hallee on Jan 12, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

A fallacy from relevance occurs when the response to an argument is not relevant to the argument. They ignore the point and attempt to derail the argument by bringing irrelevancies into the debate. In this post, I will discuss the faulty appeal to envy, the faulty appeal to pity, and the faulty appeal to authority.

Tags: Ad hominem, Albert Einstein, Appeal to pity, Argument, Argument from authority, Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Fallacy from Relevance, Genetic fallacies, Logical fallacies, Middle school biology teacher, Stephen Hawking, Survival tool, Theoretical physicist

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance II

Posted by Hallee on Jan 5, 2010 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, apologetics, homeschooling

Fallacies from relevance ignore the point at hand and attempt to derail the argument by bringing irrelevancies into the arena of the debate. In this post, I will discuss the Argumentum ad Populum and the Appeal to Tradition.

Tags: Appeal to tradition, Argument, Argument from authority, Argumentum ad populum, Critical Thinking, Fallacy, Genetic fallacies, Hydrogenated soybean oil, Logical fallacies, Poison Control center, Survival tool

Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance

Posted by Hallee on Dec 29, 2009 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, homeschooling

Fallacies from relevance ignore the point at hand and attempt to derail the argument by bringing irrelevancies into the arena of the debate. In this post, I will discuss the Ad Hominem abusive and the Ad Hominem circumstantial.